Am I geek?

Moonbiter · Post by **Moonbiter** » Sat Aug 02, 2008 7:27 am

A funny thing happened to me the other day: The "alternative rock" band Weezer came out with a video that made me reconsider my status. They threw together every internet-character from the start o f the net, and made a fantasic video out of it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muP9eH2p2PI The point is, I KNOW EVERY ONE OF THESE INTERNET CHARACTERS!... and my 28 year old friend, who has a degree in IT, doesn't know the Numa-Numa man. Who is the geek?

Fiberfar · Post by **Fiberfar** » Sat Aug 02, 2008 8:41 am

Heh, I know most of these characters as well.

C Elegans · Post by **C Elegans** » Sat Aug 02, 2008 8:24 pm

Moonbiter wrote:The point is, I KNOW EVERY ONE OF THESE INTERNET CHARACTERS!... and my 28 year old friend, who has a degree in IT, doesn't know the Numa-Numa man. Who is the geek?

I don't understand anything. I watched the video, and I don't even know what you talking about. "Internet characters"? Are the characters depicted in the video typical internet stereotypes? Or are they related to stuff that has circulated on internet for a long time so "everybody" should be familiar with it? And what on earth is "numa-numa"? A traditional polynesian dish?
In any case, my conclusion is that both you and your IT-friend must be complete geeks.

Siberys · Post by **Siberys** » Sat Aug 02, 2008 8:53 pm

Numa Numa is this fat kid with a big pair of headphones on that recorded himself doing an extremely embarrassing computer sit-down dance of the song "Numa Numa."

Other internet characters include Shocking Look Gopher, Leave Britney Alone girl, Chocolate Rain, The Diet Coke and Mentos experiment, and so on. Basically, all of them are people who recorded themselves doing stupid stuff and put it on youtube (Numa Numa appeared long before youtube actually, but it made it there nonetheless).

And I must be a geek too, I recognized every last character.

Now are the people playing their famous internet characters the original actual people who did it, or people who just look extremely like them?

Moonbiter · Post by **Moonbiter** » Sun Aug 03, 2008 9:12 am

It's the real people, which I find absolutely fascinating. the director actually asked them to do it, and the only one who said no was the Star Wars Kid. CE, these people are internet superstars. I can't believe you haven't seen at least one of them.

They're everywhere!

Fiberfar · Post by **Fiberfar** » Sun Aug 03, 2008 10:25 am

Moonbiter wrote:and the only one who said no was the Star Wars Kid.

Heh, wonder why?

Tricky · Post by **Tricky** » Sun Aug 03, 2008 10:52 am

Moonbiter wrote:Weezer came out with a video that made me reconsider my status.

I think Weezer already counts as geek-rock per definition. Do you wear glasses also?

C Elegans · Post by **C Elegans** » Sun Aug 03, 2008 11:07 pm

Siberys wrote:Numa Numa is this fat kid with a big pair of headphones on that recorded himself doing an extremely embarrassing computer sit-down dance of the song "Numa Numa."

Other internet characters include Shocking Look Gopher, Leave Britney Alone girl, Chocolate Rain, The Diet Coke and Mentos experiment, and so on. Basically, all of them are people who recorded themselves doing stupid stuff and put it on youtube (Numa Numa appeared long before youtube actually, but it made it there nonetheless).

And I must be a geek too, I recognized every last character.

Thanks for the information Sib. I have never heard of any of these. I think you are all geeks

Moonbiter wrote:CE, these people are internet superstars. I can't believe you haven't seen at least one of them. They're everywhere!

And this finally proves that you are indeed a geek

They're everywhere? I have certainly not seen any of them on Pubmed, on the websites of any of the scientific journals, on the major news networks or the Karolinska or UCLA websites.

dragon wench · Post by **dragon wench** » Sun Aug 03, 2008 11:21 pm

C Elegans wrote:Thanks for the information Sib. I have never heard of any of these. I think you are all geeks

I kind of share the sentiments here....

I have never heard of any of these personalities.... Maybe I just get out too much....

The Z · Post by **The Z** » Mon Aug 04, 2008 12:10 am

dragon wench wrote:Maybe I just get out too much....

Then maybe you need to stay in more!

I haven't actually heard of any of these people either.

Siberys · Post by **Siberys** » Mon Aug 04, 2008 1:33 am

The internet is a universe of it's own. How much more 'out' can you get?

C Elegans · Post by **C Elegans** » Mon Aug 04, 2008 2:00 am

Siberys wrote:The internet is a universe of it's own. How much more 'out' can you get?

Considerably more than the limited world that is the internet. For instance, you can travel the world and observe and interact with all aspects of other cultures and interact with people IRL which allows for contact at all levels.

Siberys · Post by **Siberys** » Mon Aug 04, 2008 2:41 am

C Elegans wrote:Considerably more than the limited world that is the internet. For instance, you can travel the world and observe and interact with all aspects of other cultures and interact with people IRL which allows for contact at all levels.

....I was joking.

Moonbiter · Post by **Moonbiter** » Mon Aug 04, 2008 3:40 am

dragon wench wrote:I kind of share the sentiments here....
I have never heard of any of these personalities.... Maybe I just get out too much....

Get out where?

What I find disturbing is that a vid like the Numa Numa dance has been viewed 700 million times as of January 2008, and some people have managed to miss it.

"Getting out" must mean living in a cave in Borneo.:laugh:

C Elegans · Post by **C Elegans** » Mon Aug 04, 2008 6:10 am

Siberys wrote:....I was joking.

Good, then you're only a geek, not a disturbed geek

Moonbiter] Get out where? What I find disturbing is that a vid like the Numa Numa dance has been viewed 700 million times as of January 2008 wrote:
What I find disturbing is not that DW, I and other people have managed to miss the Numa Numa dance, what I find disturbing is that so many think it's interesting enough to get 700 million views :speech:

Do you still question that you are a geek?

Moonbiter · Post by **Moonbiter** » Mon Aug 04, 2008 7:16 am

C Elegans wrote:Good, then you're only a geek, not a disturbed geek

Do you still question that you are a geek?

Certifiable, and proud of it!

The world would be a poorer place without internet-nutcases to entertain me.

:laugh:

dragon wench · Post by **dragon wench** » Mon Aug 04, 2008 10:42 am

Moonbiter wrote:Certifiable, and proud of it! The world would be a poorer place without internet-nutcases to entertain me. :laugh:

Indeed, because then you entertain us in turn

Xandax · Post by **Xandax** » Fri Aug 08, 2008 3:59 am

Naaa - that's not geeky at all.......

then again - who am I to talk

Millieway · Post by **Millieway** » Sat Aug 09, 2008 10:41 am

C Elegans wrote:I don't understand anything. I watched the video, and I don't even know what you talking about. "Internet characters"? Are the characters depicted in the video typical internet stereotypes? Or are they related to stuff that has circulated on internet for a long time so "everybody" should be familiar with it? And what on earth is "numa-numa"? A traditional polynesian dish?
In any case, my conclusion is that both you and your IT-friend must be complete geeks.

I had a rather perplexed look on me face as I watched the music video. Me head slightly tilted to the right while trying to remember what the abbreviations WTF and WTH stood for, once again. Nonetheless, I did recognise few of those references and I can verify - albeit little late -that ‘numa-numa‘ is not a traditional Polynesian dish. Originally it was a song called Dragostea Din Tei by Moldovan boy band called O-zone. The song made it’s internet debut as the ‘numa-numa‘ dance few years later as Siberys explained it.
And if someone shows somewhat questionable curiosity towards the original music video, you can find it by clicking the link here: YouTube - OZONE - dragostea din tea

However, I do not think the music video created by Weezer and friends can be used to define whether someone falls under the category of a geek or not - as it performs much better at defining the sites people might be visiting. For example I do find it rather unlikely to find a clip of “Chocolate Rain” on the UCLA websites, where such find would be more likely on a website which offers a possibility to watch flash based user submitted videos for your own personal leisure and taste.

Of course I do not deny how ’numa-numa’ dance couldn’t have something to do with the second king of Rome, friend of Pythagoras etc. Well, stuff of legends, right Boo?

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